art history
ARTISTS AT WORK 2/3
By the late 19th century, the industrial invention of pre-mixed paint in portable metal tubes freed artists from the confines of the indoor studio. Armed with these new tools, French Impressionists like Claude Monet took their easels directly into nature to practice en plein air (painting outdoors). Working in the open air meant racing against the clock; artists had to apply rapid, broken brushstrokes to capture the fleeting effects of sunlight shifting across water or wind rustling through gardens before the atmosphere changed entirely.
John Singer Sargent “Claude Monet by the Edge of the Wood”
John Singer Sargent “In the Generalife”
John Singer Sargent “Dennis Miller Bunting Painting at Calcot”
John Singer Sargent “Artist in the Simplon”
John Singer Sargent “An Out of Doors Study”
John Singer Sargent “An Artist in His Studio”
Johannes Vermeer “The Art of Painting”
Gustave Caillebotte “The Painter Morot in His Studio”
